Blood Rage (1987)

[jlk5844]

I will have had this thing preordered for 6 months when I finally have it in my hands...assuming no more delays. That's the longest I think I've ever had a Blu-ray preordered, because I almost never do so. I don't mind waiting that long, it's just the constant disappointing delays, I think it's coming out sooner and then it's pushed off again. I seriously hope Arrow gets this under control next year. This package better be worth the wait too.

[defile959]

Yeah, I ordered my copy from Amazon on May 4th. But if the final product is worth it, and it looks like it will be, I can totally deal with the wait. Same goes for The Mutilator. It looks like Arrow is really going the extra mile on both these titles.

[KenHurd]

From Arrow's Facebook page regarding Blood Rage:

***BLOOD RAGE US RELEASE + AMAZON.COM UPDATE***
Calling all US Arrow fans! We have a couple of important updates for you.
Firstly, Blood Rage. In a bizarre turn of events all of the US stock for Blood Rage got held at customs. You will all be pleased to hear that everything has now been straightened out and stock is safely en route to the US. Due to this incident we have had to bump the release date to December 15 however this is purely for the benefit of Amazon.com (they needed a new date on their systems) and is NOT the revised date for this release. Blood Rage will be shipping out as soon as it arrives with the majority of retailers (apart from Amazon.com!) and stock is due to reach US retailers early next week!

Next up, Amazon.com. As some of you already know, we have had lots of issues with Amazon.com not ordering adequate stock or simply ordering stock too late. We have been working closely with our US sales team to put pressure on them and ensure that they order on time but sadly Amazon.com still aren’t resolving the issues their end. With this in mind, if you are keen to receive our US releases on the actual release date we would strongly advise that you order direct from the very good folks at DiabolikDVD.com here: http://www.diabolikdvd.com/category/Blu~Ray/Arrow-US. We are working closely with Diabolik to ensure that they always have adequate stock of our titles so you will not experience any of the issues you have been with Amazon.com

And that is all for now folks. If you have any additional questions related to the above let us know via the comments below!

[WesReviews]

Sounds good to me!

[Member-222782]

Just got a shipping notification from Arrow

[therock666]

anyone in the usa get blood rage yet us edition? just seen bestbuy website says 12/15 as well diabolikdvd doesn't have it yet seen some people in the uk have it already

[FiendCameron]

Originally Posted by therock666

anyone in the usa get blood rage yet us edition? just seen bestbuy website says 12/15 as well diabolikdvd doesn't have it yet seen some people in the uk have it already

It's not out till tomorrow and it did get stopped by customs so there will be a delay.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

From Arrow's Facebook page regarding Blood Rage:

I just got an e-mail the other day about my copy of Blood Rage (ordered direct from Arrow) getting shipped. We'll see if it makes it here before Thanksgiving.

As far as the issues with Amazon go, I'm glad to see Arrow giving props to Diabolik, as they are a great site. With that said, I did still order the Battles box set from Amazon, due to the price drop, along with the number of gift cards I've got stocked up. I'm hoping for a short wait, but I also remember how long it took to get the Black Cats box...

[The Great Owl]

I initially held back on Blood Rage, because, as much as I like slasher cinema from the early 1980s, I do have boundaries. For some reason, I associated Blood Rage with the overly mean-spirited and jarring slasher films, like The Last House on the Left (1972) or Nightmare (1981), that I don't quite relate to enough to have in my collection.

I changed my mind, however, when I watched the first few scenes of Blood Rage by way of the full-length YouTube video. The film has a superb music soundtrack, and it's got a few carefree 1980s innocence tendencies that are present in the slasher films that I enjoy most. The gore scenes are a little much for my tastes, personally, but the film looks riveting and fun enough for me to own.

So, I ordered Blood Rage from Deep Discount a couple of days ago, along with the Arrow Blu-ray of Contamination. (Contamination is a stupid flick in so many ways, but it's also an otherworldly slice of 1980s fun. I'm looking forward to seeing it in high definition after watching the abysmal transfers from the Mill Creek 50-Pack DVD sets.)

[Matt89]

Last House on the Left isn't a slasher film though.

~Matt

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Matt89

Last House on the Left isn't a slasher film though.

~Matt

I know that it's not a slasher film by strict definition, but you know what I mean.

[Pizzamorg]

Even by Arrow's standards, Blood Rage is BEAUTIFULLY packaged. The film also looks great. Just so I understand how they've done it then, the Rage bluray is uncut, the woods bluray is cut but with some different scenes from the original and then the DVD has smashed the two versions together?

[Wernski]

Originally Posted by Pizzamorg

Just so I understand how they've done it then, the Rage bluray is uncut, the woods bluray is cut but with some different scenes from the original and then the DVD has smashed the two versions together?

More or less, yeah. Both the Blood Rage and Nightmare In Shadow Woods versions have some footage the other one is missing. So they're essentially both cut. And then the third version, created new for this Arrow release, combines all the footage from both of them for an uncut hybrid version (although someone in another thread is reporting that one scene from Shadow Woods, for some reason, didn't make the hybrid cut).

[OgamiittoMcJ]

Originally Posted by Pizzamorg

Even by Arrow's standards, Blood Rage is BEAUTIFULLY packaged. The film also looks great. Just so I understand how they've done it then, the Rage bluray is uncut, the woods bluray is cut but with some different scenes from the original and then the DVD has smashed the two versions together?

I enjoyed it and rated it 7/10
the gore/killings were the stand out for me , and PQ was better than expected and really enjoyed the soundtrack too

Disc 1 BD and Disc 3 DVD are the same
and have Blood Rage home video version UnRated and Uncut 82m13s
title used is Slasher (note : Blood rage title is used in alternative VHS opening in extras only)
there's 4 extras approx 10m each with dir and cast and few other short extras so approx 1hr extras
along with audio commentary by director, co-owner and arrow employee

Disc 2 has Nightmare at Shadow Woods theatrical rated re-cut 79m27
which has scenes not in Blood Rage version, but is missing gore/death scenes
special features on disc 2 has
26m of silent out takes
and the Composite cut/Slasher version uses Slasher title 85m8s
which combines most of footage from both versions
(but there is still a least one scene missing and at least 2 extensions to scenes missing from NASW,
the quality of the scenes missing isn't as good so this is possible why they weren't included, also there is no gore missing, scene missing is brief nudity of girl in shower)
reading the back of cover Arrow says Composite Cut combining footage from both versions
so they never said it was combining all of the footage I suppose

[PowellPressburger]

Really hoping Diabolik gets stock in today for this title. I won't get it in time for Thanksgiving but it is better than mid December from amazon.

[Pizzamorg]

I've made a start on the Blood Rage version but I feel like I should switch to disc two for the composite version. If a scene is missing from Woods I'm guessing it won't be a gore scene so I won't be too worried about that.

[Pizzamorg]

It says no missing gore, just missing nudity.

[therock666]

arrow uk version unboxing video

Blood rage (arrow video) blu-ray unboxing - YouTube

[kinkyqueen]

Got it today fantastic set!

[Pinot Grigio]

The extra footage on the Woods version was never meant for the finished film, it just needed it because they cut so much. So I think that the true version is the uncut non-composite.